Looking at the ruins of San Joaquin Mission, most people don't see anything else than a mass of wind-weathered stones. For Tex, it's a place that evokes old memories, where his mind can go back to the happiest times of his life, when he rode the prairies alongside his sweet Lilyth. But inside the walls of the mission, the couple lived a terrible adventure that risked to prematurely sever their bond. That's the place where the proud and ruthless Apache, Cuervo Malo, sieged them with his band of renegades, forcing Tex and Lilyth to a desperate struggle!... Beside the fire, in the company of his pards', Tex reveals a piece of his past that remained unknown until now!